She gave birth to three daughters in a row, and was kicked out by her mother-in-law who favored boys

The butcher almost jumped up after hearing this. "How much more? The cheapest one with red bean filling is ten cents each. The ones with red dates are a little more expensive, fifteen cents each. The ones with lard, sugar and walnut kernels are twenty cents each. I heard that Jinji launched a crispy walnut kernel with sesame filling this year, and it costs thirty cents each!"

Now it was Gu Qingqing's turn to be surprised. It wasn't even a whole bunch of five-nuts, but it was so expensive?

So she even raised her voice a lot, "So expensive? And many people are buying it?"

"It's not that great. We only celebrate two festivals a year. It's a bit expensive, but the elderly and children at home love to eat it. It's also the full moon, so we want to be together! However, our family only managed to get three lard, sugar and walnuts this year. If you want to buy more, you have to wait for the next batch. I'm too lazy to wait any longer."

The aunt said she was annoyed, but her face was full of pride.

Seeing the woman move the basket on her arm, Gu Qingqing immediately flattered her, "Auntie, you are very diligent. You must have gotten up early to queue up to buy the things. You have worked so hard, Auntie."

The woman waved her hands in embarrassment after hearing what Gu Qingqing said, "Hey, I'm old now, so I woke up early in the morning, so I got up and went to take a look."

"Auntie, we used to make our own mooncakes at home. I have never seen mooncakes in town. Can you please let me open my eyes?"

The woman originally wanted to show off, and after hearing what Gu Qingqing said, she actually took out an oil paper bag from the basket, and it looked like there were mooncakes inside.

"What I make is definitely not as good as the ones in the store. Look, yours is the same." The woman said as she opened the oil paper bag to show Gu Qingqing.

Inside were three round, flat mooncakes. They looked ordinary, but if you smelled the air carefully, you could still smell the aroma of lard.

After just one glance, Gu Qingqing looked away.

She didn't dampen the woman's interest, but just said, "We used to make them with patterns."

Gu Qingqing looked at the mooncakes, and then at the only five slices of Shaobai and salted vegetables left in the basin. She said to the woman, "Auntie, I have the last five slices of Shaobai left. Do you want to buy them all? I'll give you a discount of only ten cents for these five slices. I'm in a hurry to go home!"

Gu Qingqing sold the last five slices of Shaobai to the woman, and she packed up her stall and ran towards Jinji.

Sure enough, she saw a long line at the door before she arrived.

There are also waiters maintaining order.

"Those who need to buy mooncakes can queue up here, and those who want to buy other snacks in the store can go directly into the store to buy them."

Gu Qingqing chose to go straight into the store. After entering the store, she looked at their mooncakes from the side and they looked just like that.

The skin is thick, and some of them are cracked to reveal the kernel.

After taking a quick look, she left without buying anything.

There is no store specializing in selling dried fruits in the town, but white sesame seeds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seeds can be bought at grocery stores.

She bought a pound of white sesame seeds, a pound of pumpkin seeds, and a pound of sunflower seeds. She thought walnuts would be the most expensive, but unexpectedly the most expensive was sunflower seeds, which cost fifteen cents per pound.

The cheapest walnuts were only five cents per pound, so she bought five pounds.

It cost sixty cents to buy these dried fruits.

White sugar is more expensive, costing eighty cents per pound. She didn't buy more, just half a pound.

My goodness, she just earned 220 coins from selling meat, but after all this, she was left with only 120 coins.

She had made up her mind that if the mooncakes failed, she would die.

If it fails, just eat it yourself. The real ingredients are there, and the children at home love sweet food, so nothing will be wasted.

After buying the things, she didn't stay in town for long and started heading home.

When passing by Yangjiazhuang, Gu Qingqing turned again and walked towards the carpenter's house.

When she came out of the carpenter's house, she was holding a mold in her hand.

She originally wanted the carpenter to make a set of molds for making mooncakes according to her requirements. However, after she spoke, the carpenter went home to look around and actually took out a new but old set of molds for Gu Qingqing.

"This is a set of things I made when I first learned carving. I originally wanted to use the mold to make steamed buns with flowers during the Chinese New Year, but I just had a wild idea. If you think it's useful, use it!"

Gu Qingqing naturally didn't want to ask for things for free, so she paid two cents as a token of her appreciation.

By the time she got home, it was past noon.

Only Erhua and Sanhua were at home. Sanhua was sleeping in the wooden house, while Erhua was sitting at the door teasing a fat puppy lying at her feet.

"Erhua, where are your father and sister?"

Erhua looked up and saw her mother coming back. She immediately said happily, "Mom, Dad took my sister to Niutou Mountain to collect firewood. Dad told you to pull the cart to look for them when you come back."

Dahei was also smart. He seemed to know who saved him. When he saw Gu Qingqing coming back, he ran towards her, hugged her ankle and started biting it.

Gu Qingqing squatted down and pulled Dahei away, but said to Erhua, "I think your father doesn't want his legs anymore. He went to the town yesterday and his legs hurt so much that he didn't dare to make a sound at night. Did he think I didn't hear his groans? I think your father is determined to be a cripple forever."

Erhua giggled beside him after hearing this.

"What are you laughing at?" Gu Qingqing glared at her deliberately.

Erhua thought about it and didn't know what to say, so she just smiled foolishly.

Erhua doesn’t quite understand what the atmosphere at home is like, but she knows that her mother loves to joke and even dares to criticize her father, so she is happy.

Gu Qingqing didn't argue with Erhua any more. She put the bamboo basket into the house, went out and said to her, "Erhua, there's something in the bamboo basket, don't touch it yet. Don't let Dahei eat it either. You stay at home and take good care of the house. I'll go find your sister and the others. When we come back, I'll make you something delicious."

When Erhua heard that there was something delicious to eat, she nodded repeatedly.

Gu Qingqing said she was going out, but she actually ran to the water tank and used a ladle to collect water flowing down from the mountain. She drank half a ladle of water and wiped the water from the corners of her mouth with the back of her hand.

Sanhua, who was originally sleeping, woke up at this time. Gu Qingqing had to feed Sanhua and coax her to sleep first.

Only then did he pull the cart out.

Gu Qingqing didn't know where exactly they were, so she just walked towards where she parked the car last time. She didn't see anyone, but she did see a small pile of firewood on the side of the mountain.

Gu Qingqing didn't care whether it was hers or not, so she parked the cart to the side where it would not get in the way.

Then start going up the mountain.

Along the way, she met an uncle from the same village, and with his guidance, Gu Qingqing finally found the father and daughter.

Wen Wuyan was seen hanging one leg, leaning on a bamboo pole with one hand, and chopping branches with a machete in the other hand.

He asked Dahua to tie one end of the small branches with vines and pull them down the hillside. As for the thicker branches, he simply picked them up and threw them down the mountain.

He didn't know how far he could throw it, but for Wen Wuyan, going down a little bit would always mean being closer to the foot of the mountain.

"Mom, you're here." At this time, Dahua's voice suddenly sounded.

Wen Wuyan then stood up, looking for that familiar figure, his joy overflowing on the surface, "You're here."